Department of Environmental Health and Safety
Environmental Management Evaluation
Score Card for Environmental Management System Self-Assessment
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EMS ELEMENT
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1.0 POLICY
1.1 Is the environmental policy defined and endorsed by top management?1.2 Does the environmental policy address environmental impacts relevant to an institution of higher education?
1.3 Does the environmental policy include commitments to the improvement of its environmental behavior?
1.4 Does the environmental policy include a commitment to comply with environmental laws and regulations and other requirements or obligations to which the institution has agreed?
1.5 Does the environmental policy provide a framework for setting and reviewing environmental objectives and targets?
1.6 Is the environmental policy implemented, maintained and communicated to faculty, staff and students?
1.7 Is the environmental policy publicly available and accessible?
Sub-Total (total points = 21)
2.0 PLANNING
2.1 Is there a procedure to identify significant environmental impacts?2.2 Are significant impacts considered in setting environmental objectives?
2.3 Is there a procedure to identify, access and update environmental legal requirements?
2.4 Are environmental objectives and targets systematically established, reviewed and documented?
Sub-Total (total points = 12)
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3.0 IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATIONS
3.1 Are roles, responsibilities and authorities defined, documented and communicated?3.2 Does management provide the resources essential to the implementation and control of the EMS?
3.3 Have all training needs been identified?
3.4 Are personnel competent that perform tasks that can cause significant environmental impacts?
3.5 Are appropriate procedures established for internal communications to faculty, staff and students regarding the EMS?
3.6 Are appropriate procedures established for external communications regarding the EMS?
3.7 Is there documentation describing the EMS?
3.8 Are proper document control procedures established?
3.9 Are all documents in a proper state and format?
3.10 Have operations and activities associated with significant environmental impacts been identified?
3.11 Are procedures established and implemented for operations and activities identified as having the potential to cause significant harm to human health or the environment?
3.12 Do procedures exist for the identification of potential accidents and emergencies?
3.13 Do procedures exist for responding to potential accidents and emergencies?
3.14 Are such procedures periodically tested and reviewed/revised after emergency tests or actual incidents?
Sub-Total (total points = 42)
4.0 CHECKING AND CORRECTIVE ACTION
4.1 Is information systematically collected that is pertinent to the evaluation of programmatic and functional aspects of the EMS?4.2 Are records appropriately retained?
4.3 Are processes in place which support the collection of information to determine compliance with applicable environmental laws and regulations?
4.4 Is collected information analyzed to identify deficiencies and areas of concern?
4.5 Are corrective actions developed to prevent future problems in addition to correcting the immediate problem?
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4.6 Are recommended and/or required corrective actions verified for implementation and evaluated for effectiveness?4.7 Is the checking and corrective action program evaluated for effectiveness?
Sub-total (total points = 21)